Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day, and the Battlefords Family Health Centre Sexual Health Team members are getting behind the annual campaign encouraging everyone to wear red “to show you care.”
Battlefords Family Health Centre staff will be circulating throughout the community Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 distributing red ribbons.
“We want to see what you’re wearing,” organizers proclaim in a poster highlighting the campaign. “Post a group or solo photo to FaceBook @BattleRiverTreaty6HealthCentre and #NBSKfightsAIDS16 to be entered in our World AIDS Day participant contest.”
A short film, A Story of Promising Practices, will be screened at 8:45 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 1 in the Eagleview Room at the centre. The film is about indigenous communities in Saskatchewan that are experiencing HIV and AIDS rates among the highest in Canada. The Sexual Health Team says many communities are taking ownership of their health, using culturally appropriate practices and addressing the epidemic. The movie talks about their stories. The movie is approximately 20 minutes long.
